An Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon is a specialist dentist who is also a qualified surgeon.

Oral and Maxillofacial surgery is the branch of specialist dentistry that utilises surgical methods to correct diseases,
injuries and defects in the head, neck, face, jaws and the hard and soft tissues of the oral and maxillofacial area.

You may be referred to an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon at The Dental Specialists if you require:

• Extraction of teeth, including wisdom teeth
• Dental extractions for medically compromised patients
• Placement of dental implants
• Bone grafting
• Diagnosis and treatment of cysts and tumours
• Jaw surgery to help with complex orthodontic problems
• Surgery to correct the structures of the face and jaws
• Pre-malignant and malignant disease of the oral cavity
• Facial pain including TM joint pain

Our Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon is also medically qualified and has extensive experience and qualifications to perform
major orthognathic surgery (Greek “orthos” means straight and “gnathos” means jaw of the face and jaws.)

At The Dental Specialists, patients undergoing Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery have the option of electing for procedures with intravenous sedation in our fully equipped Centre or under general anaesthetic at some of the leading private hospitals in Sydney where our Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon has clinical privileges.